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Most likely not. Too close to the sun, heating is too intense for hydrogen and easily vaporized substances to remain in place. These materials would then be swept outwaard by the intense solar wind of a young sun. As a result, there is fairly plentiful water and ice in the outer solar system to form gas giants, while terrestrial planets form from the leftover rock and metal in the inner solar system.
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∙ 13y agoJupiter's average distance from sun in km = 778,412,010
Saturn's average distance from sun in km = 1,426,725,400
Uranus' average distance from sun in km = 2,870,972,200
Neptune average distance from sun in km = 4,498,252,900
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∙ 8y agoIf you check the planets discovered around other solar systems, it turns out that there are many gas giants that are very close to their corresponding stars. Therefore, it would seem that in the case of our Solar System, this is basically due to random chance.
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∙ 8y agoNo. The heat and solar wind are to intense for hydrogen and helium to gather around a planet.
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∙ 8y agoYou question is backwards -
they're gas giants BECAUSE they're far away from the sun,
thus when the sun ignited it did NOT blow away almost all of the hydrogen.
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∙ 14y agoNein, they're located beyond Mars.
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Smallest planets are nearest to the sun Is this true?
Yes. Collectively the rocky planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars are labeled the inner planets. The much larger planets, the Gas Giants, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus are farthest way from the sun. but this is not nessicarily the case in solarsystems outside our own. for a gas giant could be the only planet that it has, with no close planets around it or anything. it could even have a planet that is a gas giant near the star.
Which planet is the smallest gas giant?
The smallest gas giant is Neptune.
Is it possible to stand on a gas giant?
No. A gas giant, as the term implies, is made of gas and has no solid surface.
Is Venus a Terrestrial planet or a Gas Giant?
While Venus does have clouds of sulfuric acid it has a solid surface and in theory could be landed upon. In short it is a terrestrial planet.
What is the smallest gas giant?
The smallest gas giant planet in our solar system is Neptune.
Does Saturn have hills?
No. Saturn is a gas giant. It does not have a solid surface on which hills could form.
How did the gas giant form?
We don't actually know how gas giants are formed. First of all the term gas giant is misleading. The term gas giant refers to a planet which is predominantly hydrogen and helium.
Is Mercury a trrrestrial or gas giant?
Mercury is a rocky planet and is too close to the sun to retain much of an atmosphere, much less become a gas giant.
Does a gas giant planet have craters?
No. Gas giants do not have solid surfaces, so there is nothing for a crater to form on.
Why is Jupiter called the gas giant planet?
because it's the fifth planet form the sun and because it made of gas
Smallest planets are nearest to the sun Is this true?
Yes. Collectively the rocky planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars are labeled the inner planets. The much larger planets, the Gas Giants, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, Uranus are farthest way from the sun. but this is not nessicarily the case in solarsystems outside our own. for a gas giant could be the only planet that it has, with no close planets around it or anything. it could even have a planet that is a gas giant near the star.
What is mercury's gas giant?
Mercury doesn't have a gas giant.
Is Saturn a terrestrial or a giant gas?
Saturn is a Gas Giant.
What Jupiter is it rocky or a gas giant?
Jupiter is a gas giant
Is Saturn a gas giant or rocky?
Saturn is a gas giant.
What is Neptunes gas giant?
Neptune is it's own gas giant. A gas giant is a giant planet made of, well, gas. Did you know all of the gas giants [Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune] have rings?
Are there giant volcanoes on jupiter?
No. Jupiter is a gas giant. There is no surface on which volcanoes might form. However, Io, one of Jupiter's moons, is covered in volcanoes.
